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Fears grow Israel set to raze West Bank village

Palestinian protests broke out on Wednesday at a Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank facing Israeli demolition in what rights groups have condemned as ...

California fire kills 1 as heat stokes blazes in Western US

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said at 7 a.m. Friday that the blaze had burned almost 8,000 acres and was 5 percent contained . Th...

Pruitt is out, handing EPA reins to former coal lobbyist

For months he had ranked as a personal confidant and influential policy adviser to the president, commiserating with Trump over negative stories and indiscree...

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The president said US tariffs on an additional $16 billion in Chinese goods are set to take effect in two weeks. Under a full-blown trade war in which t...

Sweden are easy to analyse, hard to beat - coach Andersson

Despite an early setback against Spain that looked set to put an end to their World Cup hopes, Russian Federation managed to take La Roja to penalties, where th...

Experienced Navy SEAL diver dies during Thai cave rescue operation

However, cave rescue specialists have cautioned against that approach except as a last resort, because of the dangers it poses. Less than a week later, Samarn...

South Syrian rebels agree on surrender deal, Assad takes crossing

The commander in the regional alliance that backs Damascus told Reuters the strike on a hill in Khan Arnabeh village in Quneitra province did not cause casualti...

Driver of semi-truck facing 29 charges after Broncos crash

The RCMP says via its Facebook page that a press conference will be held at 3pm Eastern time with more details. A bus carrying the junior hockey team from t...

Trump says his awkwardly capitalized tweets are no mistake

The original tweet was changed after two hours, presumably after someone in Trump's team looked in a dictionary for the spelling of "pore". The Harry Potte...

Malaysia's Mahathir says will raise "unfair" contracts in visit to China

Billed as a flagship scheme under China's Belt and Road Initiative, the 688km ECRL is meant to connect Malaysia's west coast to rural northeastern states. Prime...

EU package does not cover all demands of Iran

Trump pulled the United States out of the multinational deal under which sanctions on Iran were lifted in return for curbs on its nuclear programme verified by ...

2 more people poisoned by Russian nerve agent

If the Novichok was from a previous batch , Mirzayanov told ABC News, it would have had to have been stored in a secure vial or container, which may have been ...

"Trump Baby" Balloon Allowed To Fly Over London During Trump Visit

But the visit has already stirred a storm after Mayor of London Sadiq Khan gave permission for a giant inflatable of a baby Trump to be flown over London ...

Jordan to hold talks with Russian Federation over Syria

The army's offensive follows the capitulation of rebel enclaves near Homs and Damascus, including eastern Ghouta, which was recaptured after a scorched-earth as...

President Trump claims 'many good conversations' with North Korea

Bolton said top USA diplomat Mike Pompeo will be discussing that plan with North Korea in the near future. Given a lack of specifics on denuclearization in th...

Trump administration seeks more time to reunite families

According to HHS, it's because the number of immigrant children in the agency's care is always in flux - and because they are working with other agencies to cro...

United Kingdom police hunt for source of Novichok

The two Britons, a 44-year-old woman and a 45-year-old man, fell critically ill after handling what police called a contaminated item near the site of the Mar...

With Pruitt’s Departure, More Than A Quarter of Trump’s Cabinet Has Changed

And later: "I count it a blessing to be serving you in any capacity". Pruitt's survival came from being in the line of eyesight - angling to hang around the W...

Trump pressed aides about Venezuela invasion - 7/3/2018 11:41:57 PM

Its report, citing an unnamed White House official, says that Trump first floated the idea at a meeting in the Oval Office. That official says President Trump ...

YouTube travel stars killed at Canada's Shannon Falls

Squamish Search and Rescue spokesman John Willcox says a young woman was swept into one of the pools at about noon Tuesday and her boyfriend and another man tri...

Ousted Pakistani PM Sharif gets 10-year jail term ahead of polls

The court also ordered confiscation of Avenfield apartments in favour of Pakistan. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had filed the case, along with two...

Trump imagines giving Warren DNA test in debate

President Donald Trump resumed his racially charged attacks on Elizabeth Warren's claims of Native American heritage Thursday. "Hope he has the opportun...

Thousands protest across U.S. over Trump immigration policies

There were hundreds of such gatherings "from sea to shining sea" in an America preparing to mark its 242nd Independence Day. Turnout was greater in the nation...

Polish judge defies retirement law, protests mount

If that goes ahead, the ruling party will effectively control the Supreme Court, he said, which as well as being the country's highest court of appeal has respo...

Putin meeting an accomplishment in itself, envoy says

Earlier in the day, US Envoy to Russia Jon Huntsman told reporters that Donald Trump believes that the upcoming summit with Russian President Vladimir Pu...

Austria to lift immunity of Iranian diplomat arrested over bomb plot

The French and Belgian ambassadors, as well as the German charge d'affaires, for their parts, said they would immediately convey Iran's protest to their respe...

China state media slams Trump's 'gang of hoodlums' as tariffs loom

Until then, the Trump administration's protectionism will take on more speed - resulting in higher tariffs on imported cars, a U.S. The Trump administrati...

Rep. Jordan will sit for interview in abuse investigation

Kathleen Trafford, a spokeswoman for Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, the firm representing the university, said it contacted Jordan's office to request an interv...

At least seven missing after tourist boats capsize in Phuket, Thailand

It was not immediately clear if the passengers were tourists. A rescued woman wearing a life jacket hugs a man after a boat capsized off the tourist island of...

Mike Pompeo Sets Off For North Korea Nuclear Talks

A look at what Washington wants North Korea to do and vice versa as U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives Friday in Pyongyang for two days of talks. T...

Trump Closes in on Supreme Court Pick; 3 Judges Top List

Last week, Senator Ted Cruz, another Republican conservative, said he had urged Trump to consider nominating Lee, telling the "Michael Berry Show", a radio pr...

Russia: US Lawmakers Visit Ahead of Trump, Putin Summit

The meeting between Putin and Trump will be held in Helsinki on July 16, press service of the Kremlin said earlier. The Kremlin said Putin did not plan to m...

Kim Dotcom loses latest appeal against United States extradition

Now, the final decision as to whether the Dotcom and the other men will be extradited rests with Justice Minister Andrew Little. Dotcom's lengthy legal battle...

Arrests made at encampment protest outside ICE offices in Philadelphia

A Quinnipiac University national survey released Tuesday found that almost six in 10 voters do not approve of how Trump has responded to immigration-relat...